People group profile · PG041548
The Korku of India
The Korku of India, numbering about 1,150,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra whose name combines koru (man) with a plural suffix. Cultivation remains their main occupation. They blend Hindu worship with older tribal beliefs.
They are an indigenous people in the Munda-Santal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Korku.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 1,150,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Munda-Santal
- Primary language
- Korku (kfq)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Madhya Pradesh: Betul district, Betul city area and north; Hoshangabad and East Nimar (Khandwa) districts; Maharashtra: Akola, Amravati, and Buldana districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Korku are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Korku
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
62% adherents
Primary language
Korku · Austroasiatic family
100% speak Korku
Gospel resources in Korku
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Korku)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Korku
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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